#2 Johann Sebastian Bach (Mike Venezia) Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the world’s greatest composers. During his lifetime, he was known more as a great harpsichord and organ player than a composer. Most of the beautiful music he wrote didn’t become popular until many years after he died.
#4 He was born more than 300 years ago in Germany.
#7 Christoph Bach was known as an excellent church organist.
#8 Christoph Bach was known as an excellent church organist.
#9 Christoph Bach was known as an excellent church organist.
#10 Christoph Bach was known as an excellent church organist.
#12 Johann Sebastian Bach played and composed his music during a time known as the Baroque period. In the 1600s and 1700s, everything in Europe seemed to have a grand, fancy, and decorative feeling to it. Art and architecture were created to show off the palaces and homes of kings, queens, dukes, and wealthy businessmen.
#15 When J.S. Bach was nine years old, something very sad happened. His mother died – and only a year later, when he was 10, his father died. Bach, sadly, went to live with his older brother, Christoph, in the nearby town of Ohrdruf.
#16 Instead of signing his name to his music, he would write “Soli Deo Gloria,” which means “To God only be the glory.”
#18 When J.S. Bach was nine years old, something very sad happened. His mother died – and only a year later, when he was 10, his father died. Bach, sadly, went to live with his older brother, Christoph, in the nearby town of Ohrdruf.